Syllabus for Honors Ten English 10B DRAFT

February 9-June 19,2009 DRAFT
Semester B Syllabus
Grade Ten Honors English 2008-2009
Instructional Dates/Material To Be Covered/Semester "B"

Week One
Opening Week Activities: Late Work Policy; Secondary Periodic Assessment Response to Literature Diagnostic; Bradbury Biography and Introduction to Fahrenheit 451; Preparation for Exposition Secondary Periodic Assessment

Presidents Day Holiday February 16, 2009

Week Two
Fahrenheit 451 Part One "The Hearth and the Salamander"; Imitative Writing from Fahrenheit 451; Talking Points Part One and Class Discussion; Exposition Secondary Periodic Assessment administered

Week Three
Fahrenheit 451 Part Two "The Sieve and the Sand"; Talking Points and Class Discussion

Week Four
Fahrenheit 451 Part Three "Burning Bright"; Talking Points and Class Discussion

Week Five
Literary Genre: Play
Introduction to Greek Tragedy and Sophocles; Before You Read Antigone; The Myth of Oedipus; To Kill A Mockingbird Part One: Chapters One-Five

Week Six
Antigone: Prologue and Parados

Week Seven
Antigone: Scene One and Ode One; Scene Two and Ode Two

Week Eight
Antigone: Scene Three and Ode Three; Scene Four and Ode Four

SPRING BREAK April 6-10, 2009

Week Nine
Antigone: Scene Five, Paean, and Exodos

Week Ten
To Kill A Mockingbird Part Two: Chapters Twenty Six to Thirty-One

Week Eleven
To Kill A Mockingbird Part One: Chapters One-Five

Week Twelve
To Kill A Mockingbird Part One: Chapters Six-Eleven

Memorial Day Holiday May 25, 2009

Week Thirteen
To Kill A Mockingbird Part Two: Chapters Twelve-Fifteen

Week Fourteen
To Kill A Mockingbird Part Two: Chapters Sixteen-Twenty

Week Fifteen
To Kill A Mockingbird Part Two: Chapters Twenty-One to Twenty-Five

Week Sixteen
To Kill A Mockingbird Part Two: Chapters Twenty Six to Thirty-One

Week Seventeen
To Be Announced

Week Eighteen
To Be Announced

Useful Web Sites

Online Writing Labs http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
Composition formatting

Oxford English Dictionary http://www.oed.com/
Vocabulary for the AP student

Strunk and White http://www.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/strunk/
Rules of style for written prose

Teacher Web Log http://www.hollywoodhighschool.net
Weekly blog postings of assignments due

Apex Learning http://www.apexvs.com/
AP diagnostic tests; literary terms; study strategies

Go My Access/Vantage Learning http://www.gomyaccess.com
Intellimetric prompts and rubric-scored writing

STUDYPATH* December 15-19, 2008

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. ShakespeareinAmericanCommunities.org outline due tomorrow
2. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Acts IV and V
3. Proofreading Warm-Ups in class
4. Reading Checks for Acts I, II, III, IV, and V due at end of play
5. Mark Antony's Funeral Speech essay due Friday

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Outline due today
2. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act V
3. Julius Caesar film screened Wednesday and Thursday in class
4. "The Bet" letters to the editor rewrites due by Friday
5. Grammar assignment

Wednesday
1. Julius Caesar film screening
2. "The Bet" final rewrites due by Friday

Thursday
1. Julius Caesar film screening
2. Caesar essay due Friday

Friday
1. Caesar essay due today
2. "The Bet" final rewrites due today
3. Winter Break December 20-January 11

STUDYPATH* December 8-12, 2008

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Acts III and IV all week; anthologies due in class
2. Homework Three continued in class
3. Outline of ShakespeareinAmericanCommunities.org due on Monday, December 15
4. Literary Terms
5. Grammar assignment

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Caesar Acts III and IV continued
2. Literary Terms

Wednesday
1. Caesar Acts III and IV continued
2. Homework Three continued in class
3. Grammar assignment

Thursday
1. Caesar Acts III and IV continued
2. Caesar essay assigned tomorrow; due on Wednesday

Friday
1. Caesar essay assigned; due Wednesday
2. Grammar assignment
3. Weekend homework to be announced
4. Outline due Monday, December 15

STUDYPATH* December 1-5, 2008

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. "The Bet" letter to the editor due today (see format suggestion at end of this week's blog)
2. Anthologies due in class all week for The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
3. Literary Terms
4. Homework Three printout due in class for in-class assignment
5. Unit Four-Six Vocabulary Workshop answers due today; test on Friday
6. Grammar assignment

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Caesar Act II
2. ShakespeareinAmericanCommunities.org outline due December 15
3. Literary Terms

Wednesday
1. Caesar Acts II and III
2. Grammar assignment

Thursday
1. Caesar Acts II and III continued
2. Grammar assignment

Friday
1. Unit Four-Six Vocabulary Workshop test today
2. Caesar Act III
3. Weekend homework to be announced
4. Literary Terms test today

"The Bet" Letter to the Editor format suggestion:

Letter to the Editor (center title on top line of paper); make sure standards are in upper right hand corner; do not pass margin; skip one line after title for text; this letter is in block form, meaning all text begins inside left hand margin

November 25, 2008

Editor
The Crimson Chronicle
1521 N. Highland Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90028


Dear Editor:

I am writing this letter to state my opinion regarding capital punishment. I firmly believe that capital punishment is inhumane and unjust...

(this is sample text; your letter must be different from the sample text)


Respectfully,

Suzy Student (signed)

Suzy Student (typed)

STUDYPATH* November 24-28, 2008

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. Unit Six Vocabulary test today in class
2. Grammar assignment from anthology
3. Anthologies due in class for Caesar Act I, Scenes 2,3
4. Unit Four-Six Vocabulary due on Monday
5. Marlowe-Raleigh-Housman poetry essays due today

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Caesar Act I, Scenes 2, 3 continued
2. Anthologies due in class; grammar assignment
3. "The Bet" letter to the editor due Monday; format introduced in class

Wednesday
1. School holiday Thursday and Friday
2. Caesar Act I continued; Act II assignment
3. Unit Four-Six Vocabulary due Monday

Thursday
1. Thanksgiving Day holiday

Friday
1. School holiday

STUDYPATH* November 17-21, 2008

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. Unit Five Vocabulary Workshop test
2. Review of Cornell Notes; poetry unit exam tomorrow
3. "The Man He Killed" Thomas Hardy poem assignment
4. "The Bet" letter to the editor due Friday

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Poetry Unit exam today
2. Grammar assignment
3. Unit Six Vocabulary Workshop answers due Friday

Wednesday
1. Shakespeare in American Communities assignment
2. Marlowe-Raleigh-Housman poetry essay tomorrow in class timed writing
3. Literary terms
4. www.shakespeareinamericancommunities.org

Thursday
1. Marlowe-Raleigh-Housman poetry essay in class
2. "The Bet" letter to the editor due tomorrow

Friday
1. "The Bet" letter to the editor due
2. Unit Six Vocabulary Workshop answers due today; test Monday
3. Weekend homework to be announced
4. Anthologies due in class Monday for The Tragedy of Julius Caesar

STUDYPATH* November 10-14, 2008

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. Unit Four Vocabulary Workshop test today
2. Poetry Unit continues; Raleigh-Marlowe-Housman essay assigned
3. Literary Terms (next ten terms with test to be scheduled)
4. Secondary Periodic Assessment multiple-choice practice
5. Grammar lesson in class

Tuesday
1. Veterans Day school holiday
2. Poetry Unit continues Wednesday

Wednesday
1. Literary Terms continue all week
2. Poetry Unit Raleigh-Marlowe-Housman essay prewriting due
3. "The Bet" letter to the editor assigned; postponed from last week
4. Unit Five Vocabulary Workshop answers due Friday; test on Monday

Thursday
1. Unit Five Vocabulary answers due Friday; books required in class tomorrow
2. Poetry Unit continues

Friday
1. Vocabulary Workshop Unit Five test today Monday
2. Multiple-choice practice for the Secondary Periodic Assessment
3. Grammar lesson in class
4. Weekend homework to be announced
5. Literary Terms test today in class
6. "The Bet" letter to the editor due Monday

STUDYPATH* November 3-7, 2008

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. Unit Four Vocabulary Workshop answers due Thursday; test on Friday
2. Catcher in the Rye final essay timed writing in class Thursday; prewriting due Tuesday
3. Literary Terms in class; test to be scheduled
4. "Should High School Start at 9:00 A.M.?" essay due today; make certain spell-grammar check is used with no use of "you" or contractions
5. Grammar lesson in class
6. Poetry Unit begins

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Secondary Periodic Assessment multiple-choice practice
2. Poetry Unit continues
3. Literary Terms in class; test on Wednesday
4. "The Bet" letter to the editor assigned; due Monday

Wednesday
1. Literary Terms test in class
2. Poetry Unit continues
3. Catcher in the Rye essay timed writing in class tomorrow; prewriting is mandatory and must be stapled behind essay
4. Unit Four Vocabulary Workshop answers due tomorrow; test on Friday

Thursday
1. Unit Four Vocabulary answers due today; books required in class tomorrow
2. Catcher in the Rye final essay in class timed writing

Friday
1. Vocabulary Workshop Unit Four test today; books required in class
2. Multiple-choice practice for the Secondary Periodic Assessment
3. Grammar lesson in class
4. Weekend homework to be announced
5. New set of ten literary terms introduced
6. "The Bet" letter to the editor due Monday

STUDYPATH* October 27-31, 2008

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. Homework2pdf. due today
2. Units One-Three Cumulative assignment due Wednesday; test to be scheduled
3. Persuasion Periodic Assessment ends; Expository Periodic Assessment begins
4. Catcher in the Rye class discussion on Chapters 21-26; talking points due today
5. "Should High School Start at 9:00 A.M.?" essay due Friday

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Expository Periodic Assessment assignment
2. Catcher in the Rye essay assigned as timed writing
3. Literary Terms continued; test to be scheduled

Wednesday
1. Units One-Three Cumulative assignment due in class today; test on Monday
2. "Straw Into Gold" homework assignment
3. Grammar assignment

Thursday
1. Multiple-Choice strategies for the Expository Periodic Assessment
2. "Straw into Gold" by Sandra Cisneros; reader/writer notebooks and class discussion

Friday
1. Timed writing in class of The Catcher in the Rye essay
2. Literary Terms test
3. Weekend homework to be announced
4. "Should High School Start at 9:00 A.M.?" essay due today

STUDYPATH* October 20-24, 2008

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. Catcher in the Rye Chapters 21-26 talking points due Monday, October 27 for class discussion
2. Literary Terms
3. Grammar assignment
4. Speeches for Persuasion Periodic Assessment on Wednesday in class
5. Unit One-Three Vocabulary Cumulative Test on Tuesday, October 28
6. Practice for the Secondary Periodic Assessment

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Secondary Periodic Assessment administered Thursday and Friday of this week
2. Practice for speeches in class tomorrow
3. Literary Terms

Wednesday
1. Speeches in class for Persuasion Secondary Periodic Assessment Unit
2. Secondary Periodic Assessment administered Thursday and Friday

Thursday
1. Secondary Periodic Assessment Day One
2. Homework to be announced

Friday
1. Secondary Periodic Assessment Day Two
2. Weekend homework to be announced
3. Catcher in the Rye Chapters 21-26 class discussion postponed to Monday; talking points due in class

STUDYPATH* October 13-17, 2008

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. "The Cold Equations" Changing the Ending assignment scored and returned to students
2. Back-To-School Night Thursday, October 16
3. Literary Terms test on Wednesday
4. Catcher in the Rye Chapters Sixteen-Twenty talking points due on Friday for class discussion
5. Secondary Periodic Assessment-Persuasion Unit; multiple-choice test taking strategies and Clinton-Chavez speeches
6. Index card with topic for student speech due in class today
7. Unit Three Vocabulary Workshop answers due today; test tomorrow

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Unit Three Vocabulary Workshop test today; books required in class
2. "Should High School Start at 9:00 A.M.?" essays assigned; due date announced
3. Homework2 pdf. due on Friday, October 24
4. Literary Terms test tomorrow

Wednesday
1. Literary Terms test in class today
2. Back-To-School Night tomorrow night 5:30-7:30 P.M. in Room 422
3. Talking points due Friday for Catcher in the Rye
4. Secondary Periodic Assessment strategies continued
5. Grammar assignment
6. Advisories-Scholastic Aptitude Test

Thursday
1. Back-To-School Night 5:30-7:30 P.M. in Room 422
2. Portfolios organized in class tomorrow
3. Grammar assignment
4. Secondary Periodic Assessment strategies continued
5. "The Bet" letter to the editor assigned; due date announced
6. Student speeches dates to be announced

Friday
1. Portfolios organized
2. Catcher in the Rye Chapters Sixteen-Twenty class discussion; talking points due
3. Weekend homework to be announced

STUDYPATH* October 6-10, 2008

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. Changing the Ending creative writing for "The Cold Equations" deadline now set at Friday, October 10; see last week's blog for format requirements
2. Unit Two Vocabulary test today; books are required in class
3. Catcher in the Rye class discussion continues in class today; book required
4. Grammar assignment
5. Literary Terms continued; test on Friday

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Clinton speech strategies continued in class for Periodic Assessment practice
2. Catcher in the Rye Chapters Eleven-Fifteen due Friday; five talking points per chapter
3. Unit Three Vocabulary Workshop answers due Monday; test on Tuesday
4. Secondary Periodic Assessment multiple-choice practice

Wednesday
1. Clinton speech strategies continued in class
2. Catcher in the Rye talking points due Friday for in-class discussion
3. Grammar assignment
4. Thursday is Unassigned Day (classes not in session)
5. Literary Terms test
6. Homework2 pdf due Friday, October 24

Thursday
1. Unassigned Day (classes not in session)
2. Portfolios organized in class tomorrow; bring scored assignments

Friday
1. Catcher in the Rye class discussion on Chapters Eleven-Fifteen; book required
2. Weekend homework to be announced
3. Unit Three Vocabulary Workshop answers due in class Monday
4. Portfolios organized

STUDYPATH* September 29-October 3, 2008

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. Notes and answers to questions for Clinton speech reviewed in class
2. Vocabulary Workshop Unit Two answers due Friday; test next Monday
3. Tuesday is Unassigned Day (classes not in session)
4. Prewriting for Changing the Ending essay for "The Cold Equations" due in class today

Tuesday
1. Unassigned Day (classes not in session)
2. Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday assignments posted Tuesday night; check blog

Wednesday
1. Changing the Ending of "The Cold Equations" differentiated assigned due Monday, October 6; typed, double-spaced, formatted for dialogue, spell-grammar checked, and proofread before submitted
2. Vocabulary Workshop Unit Two answers due Friday; test Monday
3. Clinton speech persuasive unit strategies continued in class
4. The Catcher in the Rye Chapters Six-Ten five talking points per chapter due Friday for class discussion

Thursday
1. Clinton speech persuasive unit strategies continued in class
2. Multiple-choice practice for the Persuasive Periodic Assessment in class
3. Catcher in the Rye novels due in class tomorrow
4. Homework2 posted as pdf. file on school downloads; due date to be announced
5. Literary Terms next set of ten assigned; test to be scheduled

Friday
1. Class discussion of Chapters Six-Ten of The Catcher in the Rye
2. Vocabulary Workshop Unit Two answers due in class today
3. Weekend homework to be announced

STUDYPATH* September 22-26, 2008

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. Carmicle Grade 10 HW1.pdf answers due date changed to Friday, September 26
2. Vocabulary Workshop Unit One answers due in class tomorrow; test scheduled for Wednesday
3. Catcher Fridays begin September 26; five talking points per chapter for Chapters One-Five due Friday for class discussion
4. "Why Johnny Can't Pass His Fitness Test" essays due today, Monday, September 22; no contractions, no "you," typed double spaced, correct paper standards as well as all other requirements as stated on the prompt and passage
5. Cornell Notes quiz to be scheduled this week
6. STAR Reading Level documents signed by parents due today

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Unit One Vocabulary answers due in class; test tomorrow
2. Bring Vocabulary Workshop books to class tomorrow; Catcher in the Rye books in class Friday for class discussion
3. Grammar assignment in class

Wednesday
1. Unit One Vocabulary Workshop test; books due in class for Unit Two review after test
2. Cornell Notes to be announced
3. "Ain't I A Woman" Sojourner Truth nonfiction in class
4. Next ten literary terms reviewed and test date announced

Thursday
1. Secondary Periodic Assessment-Clinton speech assigned as homework
2. Catcher in the Rye novels due tomorrow for class discussion; twenty-five talking points presented in class
3. "The Cold Equations" and "The Bet" essay prompts announced and deadlines set
4. Carmicle Grade 10 HW1.pdf answers due tomorrow

Friday
1. Twenty-five talking points and novels required in class today for Chapters One-Five class discussion of The Catcher in the Rye
2. Weekend homework to be announced

STUDYPATH* September 15-19, 2008

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. Carmicle Grade 10 HW1.pdf answers due date: Monday, September 22
2. Persuasion Secondary Periodic Assessment multiple-choice practice continues
3. Cornell Notes recopied and submitted for grade; due Friday
4. Alliteration-autobiography literary terms reviewed in class
5. "Why Johnny Can't Pass His Fitness Test" essays due Monday, September 22; no contractions, no "you," typed double spaced, correct paper standards as well as all other requirements as stated on the prompt and passage

Tuesday
1. Grammar assigned in class and as homework: relative clauses
2. Multiple-choice practice continues
3. "Ain't I A Woman" Sojourner Truth nonfiction in class
4. Meet in Hollywood High School Library on Friday
5. Alliteration-autobiography literary terms test in library on Friday

Wednesday
1. Grammar assigned in class and as homework: relative clauses
2. Vocabulary Workshop books assigned to students
3. "Ain't I A Woman" nonfiction continued

Thursday
1. Vocabulary Workshop books due in class for assignment
2. Cornell Notes recopies due tomorrow; quiz to be scheduled
3. Meet in Hollywood High School Library tomorrow
4. The Catcher in the Rye novels assigned to students; assignment to be announced

Friday
1. STAR reading level activity administered in Hollywood High School Library; literary terms test precedes STAR activiity
2. Weekend homework to be announced

STUDYPATH* for September 8-12, 2008

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. Review Secondary Periodic Assessment (Persuasion); multiple-choice practice
2. Who/That/Which grammar due today; Unit ninety-two relative clauses classwork
3. "Why Johnny Can't Pass His Fitness Test" informal interviews due today
4. One-page summary of syllabus due today; purpose of syllabus, marks threshold, late work policy, and academic useful web site links to be included in summary
5. Cornell Notes on literal/figurative usage, synonyms and antonyms, and structure/context of vocabulary

Tuesday
1. (Persuasion) Secondary Periodic Assessment multiple-choice practice continues
2. Who/That/Which Unit ninety-two grammar due in class today
3. Cornell Notes for Vocabulary: synonyms, antonyms and context clues

Wednesday
1. Thank you Mr. Morales for visiting Honors English 10A class today to see how students learn; we appreciate your support and share your vision for success for our school and our students
2. Secondary Periodic Assessment multiple-choice skills (continued)
3. Downloaded Homework One due on September 19; see school's main web site for downloaded assignment; thorough and precise original responses are expected
4. Cornell Notes for synonyms, antonyms, and context clues (continued)

Thursday-Friday
1. Weekend homework to be announced
2. Secondary Periodic Assessment multiple-choice skills (continued)
3. Cornell Notes continued
4. Persuasion Unit-"Ain't I A Woman" by Sojourner Truth; Frederick Douglass quickwrite

Day Three September 5, 2008

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Friday
1. Check blog Sunday evening for next week's agendas and assigned work
2. Secondary Periodic Assessment-Persuasion (practice free-responses and multiple-choice)
3. "Why Johnny Can't Pass His Fitness Test" essay (continued)
4. Cornell Notes on denotation-connotation (continued)
5. Grammar assignment as homework; due Monday

Day Two September 4, 2008

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

Potential, Achievement, Thought, Honor

Thursday
1. "Why Johnny Can't Pass His Fitness Test" essay assigned; due September 12
2. Textbooks assigned; downloaded homework from school web page due September 19
3. Cornell Notes continued (letter-word-sentence-paragraph)
4. Homework due Monday: One-page summary of Grade Ten syllabus addresses bulleted items
5. Grammar (who/that/which) in-class assignment

Class Orientation

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Bell Schedule
Honors Standards
Late Work Policy
Web Log, Class Log, and Tardy Log
Summer Work Assignment
Cornell Notes

Syllabus for Honors English Tenth Grade

Essay One: "Why Johnny Can't Pass His Fitness Test" Due: September 12

Week One
Literature Genre: The Short Story
"The Cold Equations" Tom Godwin (9)
Barton, the pilot of a lightweight spacecraft, has only hours to help a teenage stowaway, Marilyn Lee Cross, understand and accept the inevitable and fatal consequences of her action.*
Differentiated Assignment--Changing the Ending: You are a researcher in the year 2196. You discover some pages of an ancient textbook containing a short story called "The Cold Equations." However, the final pages are missing. The last bit of text you can read is Marilyn's "I'm ready" on page 27. Write a plausible resolution for the story that is different from the present ending. Suppose you are an optimistic researcher. Is it possible to find a happy ending?*

Week Two
"The Bet" Anton Chekhov (210)
In 19th Century Russia, a young lawyer agrees to undergo fifteen years of solitary confinement to prove that imprisonment for life is preferable to capital punishment.*
Differentiated Assignment--Debate: Where do you stand on the question of life imprisonment vs. the death penalty? Do you agree with the lawyer that, "to live anyhow is better than not at all"? Or do you believe as the banker does that a quick execution is more humane than a lifetime of confinement? Write an editorial for the school or local newspaper, expressing your views on the subject. Be sure to evaluate the conflicting claims of the community, of victims, of victims' families, and of convicted individuals. Using your editorial stand as a resource, participate in a classroom debate involving imprisonment vs. the death penalty.* Debate skills are covered on page 1018.

Persuasion Periodic Assessment Selection: "Ain't I A Woman?" Sojourner Truth

Essay: School Junk Food: Due September 26

Week Three
"Through the Tunnel" Doris Lessing (277)
While on vacation at the seashore, Jerry learns about an underwater tunnel that older boys are swimming through. Determined to do the same, Jerry spends a week training for the event.*
Differentiated Assignment--Collage: A collage is an arrangement of images (photographs, magazine art, drawings), words, and other objects (sand, shells, stones, and so forth) glued to a surface. Make a collage called "The Wild Bay." Find words from the text that can go with your images. What mood do you wat to convey in your collage?*

Persuasion Periodic Assessment: Speeches by Bill Clinton and Cesar Chavez
Assessment Writing Task

Week Four
Literature Genre: Nonfiction
"Hair" from The Autobiography of Malcolm X (345)
Malcolm X relates what he learned about himself the first time he conked his hair, turning it straight, like a white person's hair.*
Differentiated Assignment--Research/Drawing: Look up pictures of hairstyles throughout the course of history. Draw four or five of them, and write an informative caption for each. Some possible examples: conked hair; the pageboy; the Afro; cornrows; long hippie hair; punk hair; the crew cut; ponytail; ducktail; powdered wigs; the squash-blossom hairstyle of the Hopis.*

Essay: Violence in Video Games Due: October 10

Administration of the Persuasive Periodic Assessment

Week Five
"No News From Auschwitz" Rosenthal (410)
A journalist visits the memorial at the infamous concentration camp of Auschwitz.*
Differentiated Assignment--Drawing, Poster, Collage, Exhibit: Maya Ying Lin was a twenty-one-year-old architecture student when she submitted the winning design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.: two long black granite walls inscribed with the names of those who died in the war. Choose an important historic event (it does not have to be tragic) that interests you, and think about the visual ways that could be used to remind people of what happened and why it is important. You may want to brainstorm ideas with a partner or small group. Then, create a poster, a collage, an exhibit, or a model or drawing of a monument to memorialize the event.*


*Credit: Elements of Literature, 4th Course (Holt-Rinehart-Winston Publishing)

Week Six
Literature Genre: Poetry
Forms of Poetry and Metrical Feet: Iambus, Trochee, Spondee, Dactyl, and Anapest; Marlowe-Raleigh-Housman's "Passionate Shepherd, Nymph's Reply and One and Twenty"; Literary Ballad: "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Coleridge; Ballade: "She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways" Wordsworth; Blank Verse: Hamlet (Act I, Scene 3) Shakespeare

Week Seven
Sonnets: "On First Looking Into Chapman's Homer" Keats; "No. 73" Shakespeare; "Courage" Sexton; "Mending Wall" Frost; "Mother to Son" Hughes
Differentiated Assignment--Parody: A parody is a work that makes fun of another work by imitating some aspect of the writer's style. In her parody, "Mending Test" Penelope Bryant Turk, meaning no disrespect to Frost, offers her apologies at the outset. Work with a partner or group to parody the style or format of a poem or song lyric.

Week Eight
Wrap-up of Short Story, Nonfiction, and Poetry Genres

November 11
Veterans' Day Holiday

Week Nine
Literary Genre: Play
Introduction to The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, The Elizabethans and William Shakespeare

Week Ten
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act I

November 27-28
Thanksgiving Day Holiday

Week Eleven
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act II

Week Twelve
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act III

Week Thirteen
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act IV

Week Fourteen
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act V
Persuasive Essay on Mark Antony's Funeral Speech in Act III

Week Fifteen
Portfolio Preparation and Student Reflections September 3-December 19, 2008

Late Work Policy
It is the policy of this class that students who are absent and provide an acceptable excuse may make up assignments or tests the day following their return to class; the assignment or test will be scored and returned to students. Students must mark on the assignment or test the following information: the specific date of absence, the day they first returned to class, the assignment number and date the assignment is actually submitted. If an assignment or test is not completed on the day following the return to class, the assignment or test will be scored as “credit” and not receive a letter grade. That “credit” neither raises nor lowers the students’ overall grade average. Verified truancies and unexcused absences from class will result in no credit received for work submitted.

Assigned vocabulary work must be received by due dates; five points will be deducted from test scores for work not received when due and ten points will be deducted from test scores for no work received.

Summer assignments that are not submitted by due date will be scored as “0,” which may negatively affect a student’s overall course score and earned class grade point average. Assignments that are completed and submitted late will receive only a “credit,” and not earn a letter grade; in this case a student must complete the work to avoid receiving a “0” but will still earn no letter grade for work that was completed. It is in the student’s best interest to meet deadlines and submit work of the highest quality by due dates.
*This policy supersedes all previous late work policy information.

Useful Web Sites
Online Writing Lab
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
Composition formatting
MLA Style Citations
http://www.cas.usf.edu/english/walker/mla.html
Research Paper Works Cited formatting
Oxford English Dictionary
http://www.oed.com/
Vocabulary for the AP student
Strunk and White
http://www.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/strunk/
Rules of style for written prose
Teacher Web log
http://www.hollywoodhighschool.net
Weekly blog postings of assignments due
Apex Learning
http://www.apex.com
AP diagnostic tests; literary terms; study strategies
Go My Access/Vantage Learning
http://www.gomyaccess.com
Intellimetric prompts and rubric-scored writing
College Board Online
http://www.collegeboard.org/ap

Grading System (Marks Thresholds)
Marks on individual assignments are based on the following scale:
A 92.5 % or better
B 82.5 % or better
C 72.5 % or better
D 62.5 % or better

STUDYPATH June 23-27, 2008

POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

Monday
1. Meet in Vantage Writing Lab (Room 701) to compose Secondary Periodic Assessment Culminating Essay on To Kill A Mockingbird
2. Classroom textbook returns are complete; return any textbooks on your own to textbook room and obtain a receipt

Tuesday
1. FINALS SCHEDULE-PERIOD FIVE MEET IN VANTAGE LAB FOR SEMESTER REFLECTION ESSAY
2. Return any textbooks on your own to textbook room and obtain a receipt

Wednesday
1. FINALS SCHEDULE-PERIOD FIVE AND SIX DO NOT MEET TODAY
2. Return any textbooks on your own to textbook room and obtain a receipt

Thursday
1. FINALS SCHEDULE-PERIOD SIX MEET IN VANTAGE LAB FOR SEMESTER REFLECTION ESSAY
2. Return any textbooks on your own to textbook room and obtain a receipt

Friday-Last Day of School
1. Portfolio organization
2. Preview of Grade Eleven syllabi

STUDYPATH June 16-20, 2008

POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

Monday
1. To Kill A Mockingbird five talking points per chapter; chapters twenty-seven through thirty-one due in class for Tuesday discussion
2. Secondary Periodic Assessment-Day Two
3. Vocabulary textbook due date in class to be announced
4. To Kill A Mockingbird film screening dates to be announced

Tuesday
1. To Kill A Mockingbird class discussion and unit architecture
2. Video clip of To Kill A Mockingbird

Wednesday
1. Vantage Writing Lab date to be announced for final essay from To Kill A Mockingbird
2. Prewriting for To Kill A Mockingbird due in class today

Thursday
1. Vocabulary Final Mastery Test in class; book is required
2. Semester Reflection prewriting in class

Friday
1. Vocabulary Final Mastery Test administered; exam is not open book
2. Weekend assignments to be announced
3. Finals Schedule for Period Five: Tuesday and Period Six: Thursday

STUDYPATH June 9-13, 2008

POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

Monday
1. Vocabulary book required in class for Units Thirteen-Fifteen review
2. To Kill A Mockingbird talking points due today for Chapters Twenty-Two/Twenty-Six--find and briefly analyze one transition, one example of diction, imagery, alliteration, tone, onomatopoeia, figurative language (simile, metaphor), conflict, and symbolism (ten total answers)
3. Grammar assignment in class

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Vocabulary work continues in class; bring vocabulary book
2. Grammar assignment in class
3. Secondary Periodic Assessment practice (literary analysis)

Wednesday
1. Secondary Periodic Assessment practice (literary analysis)
2. Grammar assignment in class

Thursday
1. Chapters Twenty-Two/Twenty Six class discussion for To Kill A Mockingbird
2. Secondary Periodic Assessment practice (literary analysis)

Friday
1. To Kill A Mockingbird literary analysis assignment
2. Secondary Periodic Assessment practice (literary analysis)

STUDYPATH June 2-6, 2008

POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

Monday
1. Vocabulary Unit Fifteen will be completed in class; textbooks are required
2. To Kill A Mockingbird Chapters Sixteen through Twenty-One are due today; five talking points per chapter

Tuesday
1. Secondary Periodic Assessment practice in class
2. Vocabulary Unit Fifteen test tomorrow

Wednesday
1. Vocabulary Unit Fifteen test today
2. Secondary Period Assessment practice in class

Thursday
1. To Kill A Mockingbird class discussion for Chapters Sixteen through Twenty-One
2. To Kill A Mockingbird homework assigned due tomorrow

Friday
1. To Kill A Mockingbird activities
2. Weekend homework to be announced

STUDYPATH May 26-30, 2008

POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

Monday
MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Antigone final exam (multiple-choice)
2. Anthologies are required in class today; grammar assignment
3. Talking points for Chapters Nine, Ten, Eleven, Twelve, Thirteen, and Fourteen for To Kill A Mockingbird are due today for class discussion on Thursday and Friday
4. Vocabulary Workshop books are due in class next Monday, June 2

Wednesday
1. Antigone final exam (multiple-choice) continues
2. Grammar assignment
3. Bring To Kill A Mockingbird novels for tomorrow's class discussion

Thursday
1. To Kill A Mockingbird talking points Chapters Nine-Fourteen are due today
2. Strategies for preparation of Secondary Periodic Assessment-Literary Analysis

Friday
1. To Kill A Mockingbird class discussion and activities continue
2. Weekend homework to be announced

STUDYPATH May 19-23, 2008

POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

CST TESTING MONDAY-THURSDAY; CLASS SCHEDULES ARE AS FOLLOWS:

Monday: Periods One, Four, Five and Six
Tuesday: Periods One, Two, and Three
Wednesday: Periods One, Two, and Three
Thursday: Periods One, Four, Five and Six
Friday: Periods One, Two, Three, Four, Five and Six

Weekly assigned work TBA in class with these exceptions:

Bring Vocabulary textbook on Monday for in-class work on Unit Fourteen
Bring To Kill A Mockingbird novels on Friday for class discussion; Chapters Seven and Eight Talking Points (five per chapter) are due Monday, May 19
Bring Textbook for Antigone Monday May 19
Grammar assignments will be assigned Monday and Friday

STUDYPATH May 12-16, 2008

POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

Monday
1. Five talking points each for Chapters Four, Five, Six of To Kill A Mockingbird for Thursday class discussion; due date was postponed from last week because of AP European History Exam
2. Antigone Scene Three
3. Grammar assignment
4. UNIT FOURTEEN VOCABULARY DUE NEXT MONDAY, MAY 19

Tuesday
1. Antigone Scene Three continued
2. Grammar assignment

Wednesday
1. Antigone Scene Four
2. Grammar assignment

Thursday
1. To Kill A Mockingbird Literary Analysis Unit continues with talking points and class discussion
2. TKAM talking points for Chapters Seven-Ten due Monday

Friday
1. To Kill A Mockingbird Literary Analysis Unit continues
2. Weekend homework to be announced

STUDYPATH May 5-9, 2007

POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

Monday
1. Unit Review Vocabulary answers in class
2. Unit Thirteen Vocabulary in class assignment; books are required
3. Antigone Scene Two
4. Grammar assignment Adverb Phrases
5. Literary Terms test

Tuesday
1. Antigone Scene Three
2. Grammar assignment
3. To Kill A Mockingbird Chapters Four-Six talking points due Friday for class discussion

Wednesday
1. Antigone Scene Three (continued)
2. Grammar assignment

Thursday
1. Cisneros multicultural selection; preparation for Secondary Periodic Assessment
2. TKAM talking points due tomorrow
3. Literary Terms test in class

Friday
1. To Kill A Mockingbird class discussion
2. Weekend homework to be announced

STUDYPATH April 28-May 2

POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

Monday
1. Antigone Scene One continued
2. Unit 10-12 Review and Cumulative Review in class; book is required
3. Literary Terms

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Antigone Scene One and Two
2. Literary Terms

Wednesday
1. Literary Terms
2. Antigone continued

Thursday
1. To Kill A Mockingbird unit begins; secondary periodic assessment skills tomorrow in class
2. Literary Terms test scheduled for Friday

Friday
1. To Kill A Mockingbird continued
2. Unit Thirteen vocabulary in class on Monday; books are required

STUDYPATH April 21-25, 2008

POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

Monday
1. Unit Twelve Vocabulary in class; textbooks are required
2. Film Screening: Tragedy of Julius Caesar
3. Grammar assignment in class and as homework
4. Literary Terms

Tuesday
1. Antigone by Sophocles
2. Grammar assignment in class and as homework
3. Literary Terms

Wednesday
1. Antigone
2. PSAT practice
3. Grammar assignment in class and as homework
4. Literary Terms

Thursday
1. Multicultural Literature selection
2. Secondary Periodic Assessment: Literary Analysis practice

Friday
1. Unit Thirteen in class on Monday; book is required in class
2. Multicultural Literature selection continued

STUDYPATH April 14-18, 2008

POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

In-class updates and class assignments trump published blogs.

Monday
1. Literary Terms test
2. Unit Eleven Vocabulary due today; test tomorrow
3. Grammar assignment

Tuesday
1. Julius Caesar final exam
2. Film Screening: Julius Caesar Part I
3. Unit Eleven Vocabulary test

Wednesday
1. Film Screening: Julius Caesar Part II
2. Caesar essay annotations due today; rewrite for Vantage Lab to be scheduled

Thursday
1. Multicultural Literary Analysis unit continued
2. Grammar assignment

Friday
1. Vantage Lab rewrite of Caesar essay to be scheduled
2. Weekend homework to be announced
3. Meet at library for first twenty minutes of period for Book Fair
4. UNIT TWELVE VOCABULARY WILL BE DONE IN CLASS MONDAY; BRING BOOK FOR CLASSWORK

STUDYPATH April 7-11, 2008

POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

CHECK BLOG ON SUNDAY NIGHTS FOR UPDATED INFO.

Monday
1. Vocabulary Unit Ten answers due today
2. Anthologies due in class for literary terms
3. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act V; Caesar essay scheduled

Tuesday
1. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act V
2. Vocabulary Unit Ten test
3. Literary terms and grammar assignment

Wednesday
1. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar final examination
2. Introduction to Antigone and Sophocles
3. Literary terms and grammar assignment
4. F451 Final Examination

Thursday
1. Multicultural Literature: "Salomon's Story" Rudolfo Anaya; reader/writer notebooks
2. Vocabulary books due in class tomorrow
3. Grammar assignment
4. F451 film screening Part I

Friday
1. Unit Eleven Vocabulary answers due in class Monday
2. Vocabulary books due in class today
3. Weekend homework to be announced
4. F451 film screening Part II

STUDYPATH March 31-April 4, 2008

CHECK BLOG ON SUNDAY NIGHTS FOR UPDATES

POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

Monday
1. Meet in Vantage Writing Lab for Caesar essay rewrite; book, prompt, and first draft required
2. Answers due today for Units Seven-Nine and Cumulative II vocabulary

Tuesday
1. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act IV
2. Fahrenheit 451 ten talking points due Friday for Part III and class discussion
3. Literary terms and grammar assignments continue

Wednesday
1. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act IV, Act V
2. Literary terms and grammar assignments continue

Thursday
1. Reader/Writer notebooks and Multicultural literature selection
2. Vocabulary Workshop texts due in class tomorrow
3. Literary terms test
4. Grammar assignment

Friday
1. Fahrenheit 451 Part III class discussion and talking points due today
2. Vocabulary Workshop Unit Ten answers due in class on Monday
3. Weekend homework to be announced

STUDYPATH March 24-28, 2008

POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

Monday
1. Anthologies due in class Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
2. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act III, Act IV
3. Unit Nine Vocabulary due today; test tomorrow

Tuesday
1. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act IV continued
2. Unit Nine Vocabulary test today
3. Literary terms test on ten terms and grammar assignment in class
4. Ten talking points due Friday for class discussion of Part II of Fahrenheit 451

Wednesday
1. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act IV, Act V
2. Literary terms and grammar assignment

Thursday
1. "Two Kinds" Amy Tan
2. Reader/Writer notebooks; academic language
3. Vocabulary book due in class tomorrow

Friday
1. Unit Seven-Nine and Cumulative Review II vocabulary answers due on Monday
2. Weekend homework to be announced
3. Fahrenheit 451 Part II ten talking points due today; class discussion

STUDYPATH March 17-21, 2007

POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

Monday
1. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Act II (all Scenes)
2. Literary Terms (test to be scheduled)
3. Ten talking points for Part I (The Hearth and the Salamander) due for Fahrenheit 451
4. Unit Eight Vocabulary Workshop answers due in class today (late work policy applies)
5. Fahrenheit 451 reading check test in class
6. Grammar assignment from grammar handbook
7. "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan and Reader/Writer notebooks for academic vocabulary for Literary Analysis

Tuesday
1. Imitative Writing assignment for Fahrenheit 451 due in class today
2. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Act II (continued)
3. Grammar assignment from grammar handbook
4. "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan (continued)
5. Vantage Lab scheduled for tomorrow, Wednesday for Julius Caesar, Act I essay; mandatory to bring reading check answers to lab
6. Prewriting for Act I, Julius Caesar essay due today

Wednesday
1. Textbooks required in Vantage Lab for writing the essay for Act I of Julius Caesar
2. Fahrenheit Friday class discussion; book and talking points are required

Thursday
1. "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan continued
2. Grammar assignment from grammar handbook
3. Vocabulary textbooks due in class Friday for Unit Nine assignment

Friday
1. Unit Nine assigned and due on Monday
2. Fahrenheit Friday class discussion
3. Weekend homework to be announced

STUDYPATH March 10-14, 2007

POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

Monday
1. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act I (anthologies due in class)
2. California High School Exit Exam Tuesday and Wednesday
3. Literary Terms

Tuesday
1. California High School Exit Exam
2. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act I (continued)
3. Cornell Notes test on Thursday

Wednesday
1. California High School Exit Exam
2. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act II
3. Cornell Notes test on Thursday
4. Shakespeare test on Thursday; students read Shakespeare information on line, both the Elizabethan Age and The Elizabethan Theater sections; see last week's blog for link
5. Answer questions a.b.c. at the end of Act II after reading Scene 1

Thursday
1. Fahrenheit 451 books issued; talking points for Part I due tomorrow (revised to due Monday
2. Cornell Notes test
3. Reader/Writer Notebooks for "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan
4. Elizabethan Age/Elizabethan Theater quiz today (see link from last week's blog)

Friday
1. Fahrenheit Friday; talking points due today (revised to talking points due Monday)
2. Imitative Writing for Fahrenheit 451 due today (revised to due Tuesday)
3. Unit Eight Vocabulary Workshop due Monday

Special Note to Students for Caesar Reading Assignment

Attention Grade Ten Students:

It was a very productive week, and I appreciate your hard work and dedication to this course. I am adjusting your homework reading assignment for Julius Caesar that is due on Monday. You do NOT need to read Act I of the play since we will cover that in class on Monday. Additionally, you may answer the reading check questions in class. Please check the blog on Sunday evening for the specific pages required for Monday. Thank you again for a very productive first week and your hard work and dedication to English Honors 10B.

Syllabi Inquiry

Paper Standards
First Name Last Name
Period, Subject
Expanded Date


Instructions: Review the online syllabus for your course: AP English Language and Composition, Honors Contemporary Composition, or Grade Ten Honors English, and answer the following questions on your own paper. Write neatly and respond succinctly. Make certain your answers are original.

1. What is the purpose of a syllabus?


2. How does the second semester syllabus differ from the first?


3. What do you suppose will be one significant strategy the teacher will use to teach reading this semester?

4. What is the approach to grammar instruction in this class? Briefly describe.


5. Briefly detail Bloom’s Taxonomy and explain how it can affect student achievement as learners move from Level Three to Level One.

6. How does the breakdown of marks (grades) in this class differ from the traditional method of awarding marks of A, B, C, D, and FAIL?


7. How can the posting of the syllabus on the teacher’s web log aid the student in understanding and completing assignments during the semester?


8. What is the function of Cornell Notes and how do they assist students in improving comprehension in daily coursework?


9. Briefly explain the revised late work policy in your own words.


10. Which of the useful websites featured in the syllabus is most convenient to students? Why?

Late Work Policy

It is the policy of this class that students who are absent and provide an acceptable excuse may make up assignments or tests the day following their return to class; the assignment or test will be scored and returned to students. Students must mark the specific date of absence and assignment number on the assignment or test. If an assignment or test is not completed on the day following the return to class, the assignment or test will be scored as “credit” and not receive a letter grade. That “credit” neither raises nor lowers the students’ overall grade average. Verified truancies and unexcused absences from class will result in no credit received for work submitted.

Vocabulary assignments must be received by due dates; five points will be deducted from test scores for work not received when due and ten points will be deducted from test scores for no work submitted. Off-track assignments must be submitted on time since no credit is provided for late assignments.

STUDYPATH March 3-7, 2008

POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

Monday
1. Semester Reflections
2. Syllabus Inquiry
3. Accelerated Reader Tests
4. Late Work Policy
5. Textbook Days: Elements of Literature, 4th Course MTW; Perspectives in Multicultural Literature MTW; Vocabulary Workshop M; Fahrenheit 451 F

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Ray Bradbury biography
2. Perspectives in Multicultural Literature; Introduction to Literary Analysis
3. Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Age

Wednesday
1. Academic Vocabulary for Literary Analysis in Reader/Writer Notebook
2. Literary Analysis Essay (to be announced)
3. Elizabethan Theater and the Life of William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
4. Syllabus Inquiry due today

Thursday
1. Fahrenheit 451 Part One "The Hearth and the Salamander" due today; ten thoughtful and thorough talking points for class discussion Friday
2. Practice for the Secondary Periodic Assessment Literary Analysis in Reader/Writer Notebook
3. Literary Analysis Essay due Friday

Friday
1. Literary Analysis Essay due today
2. Class discussion of Part One of Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451
3. Accelerated Reader Scores due today; no exceptions
4. Weekend homework to be announced

Semester B Syllabus (Under Construction)

Grade Ten Honors English Syllabus 2007-2008
Instructional Dates/Material To Be Covered/Semester "B"

March 3-March 7
Opening Week Activities: Syllabi Questionnaire; Late Work Policy; Semester "A" Reflections; Accelerated Reader Off-Track Assignments Due March 7; Secondary Periodic Assessment Response to Literature Diagnostic; Bradbury Biography and Introduction to Fahrenheit 451

March 10-14
Fahrenheit 451 Part One "The Hearth and the Salamander"; Imitative Writing from Fahrenheit 451; Talking Points Part One and Class Discussion

March 17-21
Fahrenheit 451 Part Two "The Sieve and the Sand"; Talking Points and Class Discussion

March 24-28
Fahrenheit 451 Part Three "Burning Bright"; Talking Points and Class Discussion; Introduction to Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird

March 31-April 4
Literary Genre: Play
Introduction to The Tragedy of Julius Caesar (?1599), Introduction to The Elizabethans and William Shakespeare; How to Read the Play; Before You Read/The Play's Characters; To Kill A Mockingbird Part One: Chapters One-Five

April 7-11
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act I; The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act II; To Kill A Mockingbird Part One: Chapters Six-Eleven

April 14-18
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act III; To Kill A Mockingbird Part Two: Chapters Twelve-Fifteen

April 21-25
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act IV; To Kill A Mockingbird Part Two: Chapters Sixteen-Twenty

April 28-May 2
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act V; To Kill A Mockingbird Part Two: Chapters Twenty-One to Twenty-Five

May 5-9
To Kill A Mockingbird Part Two: Chapters Twenty Six to Thirty-One; Research Paper Abstract and Assignment Chronology

May 12-16
Introduction to Greek Tragedy and Sophocles; Before You Read Antigone; The Myth of Oedipus; Research Paper Initial Outline and Sources Cited List Due Date to be set

May 19-23
Antigone: Prologue and Parados; Research Paper Finalized Outline and Sources Cited List Due Date to be set


May 26
Memorial Day Holiday

May 27-30
Antigone: Scene One and Ode One; Scene Two and Ode Two; Research Paper Initial Draft Due Date to be set

June 2-6
Antigone: Scene Three and Ode Three; Scene Four and Ode Four; Research Paper Final Draft Due Date to be set

June 9-13
Antigone: Scene Five, Paean, and Exodos

June 16-20
Portfolio Preparation

June 23-27
Final Examinations

THIS SYLLABUS IS BEING UPDATED OVER SEVERAL DAYS. STUDENTS SHOULD CHECK BLOG FOR POSTING OF NEW INFORMATION.

Useful Web Sites

Online Writing Labs http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
Composition formatting

Oxford English Dictionary http://www.oed.com/
Vocabulary for the AP student

Strunk and White http://www.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/strunk/
Rules of style for written prose

Teacher Web Log http://www.hollywoodhighschool.net
Weekly blog postings of assignments due

Apex Learning http://www.apexvs.com/
AP diagnostic tests; literary terms; study strategies

Go My Access/Vantage Learning http://www.gomyaccess.com
Intellimetric prompts and rubric-scored writing

Semester B Information

Information about curriculum for Semester B, including course syllabus, will be posted on blog in mid-February. For off-track assigned work, direct questions to jcarmicl@lausd.net and inquiries will be addressed.

Off-Track Assignment

December 10, 2007


Dear Parents of AP English Language, Honors Contemporary Composition, and Honors Tenth Grade English Classes:

I am writing to inform you of the off-track work that students are expected to complete and submit by March 7, 2008 for the second semester of this 2007-2008 school year. Work or test scores submitted after that date will not be scored and may negatively affect a student’s grade.

AP English Language and Honors Contemporary Composition students will read two novels or plays chosen from the list on the reverse side of this letter. These students will keep a dialectical journal (see format below) and take the Accelerated Reader test by March 7, 2008. The AR test scores should be submitted along with the dialectical journals; no late scores will be accepted.

Honors Tenth Grade students will read two novels chosen from the list on the reverse side of this letter. These students will take the Accelerated Reader test for both novels upon their return and submit the test scores by March 7, 2008; no late scores will be accepted.

Thank you.

Sample Dialectical Journal

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Type or use ruled binder paper to create your journal. You must include at least one journal entry per chapter with the following information:

1. Page number of quote/summary
2. A direct quote or summary of chosen event
3. Your response as to the significance of the chosen quote/summary to the development of Janie’s character or other key themes or motifs in the novel. A response may include key questions, interpretations, and/or evaluations of the text
©Ms. Tobenkin’s Web Log 2006 (used with permission)

Students chose titles before going off-track.